The 9 month Online SBS is one of the most exciting schools in YWAM’s University of the Nations which is now accessible to many more people through this online e-learning format.

On completion of all of the modules, you will not only be proficient in using the tools and skills of effective Bible study, but will have applied those skills to every book of the Bible. Understanding the significance of the various kinds of biblical literature and the original setting and culture of each book are an integral part of the inductive approach.

The application of scripture, both into your personal life and ministry, and into the wider spheres of society is the purpose and specific goal of all of our study. Studying the course while engaged with life responsibilities brings the added dynamic for immediate application of the study into your life and ministry situations.

• First, you will be taught the dynamic skills of insightful observation, enabling you to see more clearly what is in the text.
• Then you will be taught the principles of interpretation, considering historical and linguistic background information, helping you to discern what the text meant to the original readers.
• From this you will glean application, what the text means to us today, both individually and corporately.

Using these three steps, the Bible will be read up to five times, outlined and charted. These charts, which are paragraph-by-paragraph breakdowns of each book, are a record of your own discoveries, and become valuable aids in future study as well as possible Bible study or teaching and preaching situations.

Modules 1-3 lay the foundation for the course, teaching the principle of the inductive approach, and the particular method of study employed in this course.

These modules use the letters of Philemon, Galatians, Titus and Thessalonians, Mark and Luke’s Gospels, and Acts. When these 3 modules have been completed, other modules can be completed in any order -although some modules do have prerequisites.

As an Online SBS student, you will be part of a cohort of other students and staff who are close to your time zone.

You will have the opportunity to meet with staff and fellow students via both online meetings and a forum. The purpose of these platforms is for you to meet other students and your staff for support and fellowship, to ask any questions you might have, and to be accountable in your studies. Your cohort leader will let you know more details when you begin your studies.

You are required to meet online at least once every three weeks, but we encourage you to take the opportunity to meet more if you are able.

Should you not attend at least one meeting every three weeks you will receive a reduction in your final module grade of 2% for every three weeks you missed.